Rickey Smiley Morning Show

Today in "Money Matters," our cash-saving queen Jini Thornton drops some gems on how to get the best price on everything from booking hotels to nabbing cheap fights when traveling.

As you might expect, today's "Hot Spot" is all about the slap seen and heard around the world delivered by Will Smith to Chris Rock during last night's Oscars ceremony. 

"When I saw a Black man stand up for his wife, that meant so much to me," comedian Tiffany Haddish shared.

According to Los Angeles Police Department, Chris Rock declined to file a police report against Will Smith after he slapped him during last night's Oscars. 

The week in drama gets wrapped up in today's "Gary's Tea," including Bow Wow's recent diss towards his own music, Britney Spears' shocking revelation about her dad almost shaming her into getting breast implants and Andy Cohen updating reality fans on 'The Real Housewives Of New York City.'

For today's "HBCU U-KNOW" tribute, Rock-T sends a shoutout to Nashville's Fisk University by way of honoring celebrated poet and Tennessee native Nikki Giovanni.

A Texas mother was fatally shot while visiting her son's grave on the first birthday since his passing. 

Cardi B. is showing up as Sharki B. and bringing her family along to Nickelodeon's animated series Baby Shark’s Big Show! 

One of the most interesting stories we came across recently is the development of a new birth control pill for men. We decided to bring the conversation to "Trending Topics" today to see what the callers had to say about this potential game-changer for both the fellas and ladies.

Today's "Hot Spot" sees Da Brat delivering a major update in Wendy Williams' ongoing beef with Wells Fargo, in addition to news on the next VERZUZ battle happening between gospel icons Mary, Mary and BeBe & CeCe Winans. 

It time for another serving of "Gary's Tea," with today's segment including yet another update in the ongoing custody battle between Kanye West and Kim Kardashian. Also, Megan The Stallion is still at war with her former label head, Carl Crawford.

While Eva covers the major headline reports for today's "Front Page News," Rock-T follows up with his usual sports recap which includes some exciting news involving Colin Kaepernick's potential return to the NFL.